2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 862

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Sponsored By:
Delegates Montague, R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Branch, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Eckardt, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hill, Hixson, Hubbard, Hurson, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Klausmeier, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McClenahan, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rosso, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Walkup, and Zirkin
Entitled:
Courts - Access to the Justice System - Language Barriers

Synopsis:

Requiring the courts to appoint more than one interpreter in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding under specified circumstances; requiring the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, in conjunction with the administrative judges of the circuit courts, the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, and the Chief Judge of the District Court, to prepare a report and develop a plan for the expedited implementation of utilizing capable interpreters in criminal, juvenile, and civil procedures; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/9
First Reading Judiciary
2/13
Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/21
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/24
Third Reading Passed (133-3)
Senate Action
3/27
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/28
Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by:
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS
CIRCUIT COURTS
COURT OF APPEALS
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
DISTRICT COURTS
FORMS
JUDGES
JUVENILE CAUSES
LANGUAGE
LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
REPORTS
SUBPOENAS
TRIALS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Criminal Procedure
( 1-202 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 562914/3 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 2001   at: 10:02 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
House
March 24, 2001: Third Reading Passed (133-3)